A study of the application of Health Belief Model on the influenza vaccination intention among health care professionals-A case of a medical center in north Taiwan

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 生命教育與健康促進研究所 === 96 === The purposes of this research are to analyze the influenza vaccination intention of health care professionals and other related factors, to understand the status of influenza vaccination of health care professionals in certain medical center of north Taiwa...

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Main Authors: chi-yu Liao, 廖琪玉
Other Authors: Han-Ying Chen
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/56586959847525418502
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Summary:碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 生命教育與健康促進研究所 === 96 === The purposes of this research are to analyze the influenza vaccination intention of health care professionals and other related factors, to understand the status of influenza vaccination of health care professionals in certain medical center of north Taiwan, and to probe the relationship among social demographic factors, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits of taking action, perceived barriers of taking action, cues to action, and intention of vaccination. This research is a cross-sectional study. The subjects of this research are 3918 members of health care professionals of certain medical center in north Taiwan as. The statistics of the research are stratified random sampling. A self-developed questionnaire was use do, the effective subjects are 663. The data are analysed by descriptive statistics, t-test, one way ANOVA, Pearson’s product moment correlation, and multiple regression analysis. The main findings of this study are as follows: 1. Among Health Belief of the influenza: "my working make me coming in contact with influenza patient or virus easily" cause oneself suffer from reason of influenza most possibly. perceived severity is taken notice of to influence of the family and working while infecting with the influenza , and have a fever, weakness. Adopting the influenza vaccination a biggest perceived benefits of taking action is to reduce flue rate, is the probability that can reduce a patient to contract flue secondly. influenza vaccine produces side effect , result of the perceived barriers of taking action. 2. the cues to action : holds a post the notice of the influenza vaccine that to the degree highest. 3. There were significant difference in the variables of health care professionals’department on perceived susceptibility. There were significant difference in the variables of health care professionals’ gender, level of education, marital status, past service, department on perceived severity. There were significant difference in the variables of health care professionals’age on perceived benefits of taking action. There were significant difference in the variables of health care professionals’age, level of education, marital status, and past service perceived barriers of taking action. 4. There were significant difference in the variables of influenza vaccine experience and perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits of taking action, perceived barriers of taking action. 5. The Health Belief Model can apply to explained 28.8% of the influenza vaccinations intention. perceived benefits of taking action was the greatest explained to the influenza vaccinations intention. The findings of this study could be presented as references to the establishment of policies of public health, and disease control and prevention in hospital. Key words:health care professionals、Health Belief Model、influenza vaccination